Daily Tech News 6 June 2026

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SpaceX just launched 50 more Starlink satellites into orbit in a single day, using a pair of its trusty Falcon 9 boosters from facilities at Cape Canaveral and Vandenburg. (Space)

And recovered both boosters, with them landing autonomously on the company's two purpose-built drone ships.

I was curious as to how long it took mankind to launch its first 50 satellites into orbit, and the answer surprised me: Withing four years of Sputnik there were over a hundred satellite launches. "Space race" is no misnomer.

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Speaking of SpaceX they just signed a deal for Google to pay them $920 million per month for compute capacity in SpaceX's Colossus datacenters. (Tech Crunch)

Which might sounds backwards but illustrates the scale on which the company is operating. SpaceX already has an arrangement with AI company Anthropic, which pays SpaceX $1.25 billion per month to lease compute capacity.
SK Hynix is planning to double memory production at its factories in Korea and China. (WCCFTech)

By 2030. The drought won't break anytime soon.
A coalition of trade associations representing the telecommunications, automotive, and medical device industries has urged the Trump administration to do something about that drought. (Tom's Hardware)

Though it's not clear what they can do. Even direct government investment or loan guarantees for Micron - the one American player among the Big Three memory makers - to accelerate expansion can only go so far because it takes years to build and fit out new factories, and the availability of the equipment for making chips is as constrained as the chips themselves.
The Radxa Dragon Q5E is a small single board computer for embedded projects with a Qualcomm Dragonwing Q-6690 processor. (Liliputing)

(muffled screaming)

Qualcomm is infamous for masking the specs of their processors. For more than a decade every CPU shipped has contained "Kryo" cores according to the company's own datasheets. Those are relabeled Arm cores, but you're not supposed to know which relabeled Arm cores. Could be the A53 from 2012; could be the latest X925. It's all just "Kryo".

It's as if General Motors announced its 2026 Car (TM) with Engine (TM) technology.

Anyway, in this case it has four A720 cores and four A520 cores on a 4nm process, because as soon as one person outside Qualcomm gets their hands on one the real specs leak out.
Intel is planning to refresh its new entry-level Wildcat Lake processors next year - pushing them solidly into the mid range. (Tom's Hardware)

The cheapest model, the 304, has one performance core, four low-power cores, and one graphics core; the other current models have two, four, and two respectively.

The planned upgrade will bring the count of performance cores to four, a perfectly reasonable number for an everyday laptop.
Nvidia's on-again off-again 50 Super range of GPUs might be on again? (Tom's Hardware)

Expected at the end of last year, these models would have swapped 2GB GDDR7 memory chips for 3GB models, with some unspecified other minor improvements. The 5070 with its 12GB of RAM - limiting for some recent games - would be supplanted by a 5070 Super with 18GB of RAM.

Rumours now include a 12GB 5060 Super, plus the new 24GB 5070 Ti Super and 5080 Super.

No leaks of when or how much, but not soon and not cheap.
Brave Origin is a new browser from Brave that costs $60 to remove features from Brave. (Bleeping Computer)

But the features it removes are Brave's own - relatively unobtrusive - monetisation efforts.

(Speaking of which, Tom's Hardware has annoying new ads that fill every inch of whitespace on the page. If you set Brave's adblock to "aggressive" it makes them go away and leaves the page readable again. I don't want website owners to starve but there are limits.)

The $60 is a one-time payment and lets you install the browser on up to 10 systems, so I'd only need two licenses.

And it's free on Linux, so I might only need one.
Asus has a new 13" monitor on offer with a resolution of 3200x2400 - sort of - and a 35Hz nominal refresh rate. (Liliputing)

It covers around 30% of the DCI-P3 colourspace.

Yes, it's an e-ink display, so take that refresh rate with a pound of salt, and the resolution as well: In colour it is cut by half, so 1600x1200. Which is not terrible for a 13" display you would use mostly for reading text, but worth remembering.

I did some digging on the original 2012 Nexus 7 tablet - which I owned (and probably still have in a box in the garage), and which had notably murky colour thanks to the choice of a budget LCD panel. That still offered something on the order of 60% of DCI-P3 colour.
Been very busy at work recently, pushing a new project towards release. Got sign-off from both the QA and marketing teams yesterday, so I finally get a weekend off. Ish.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: What did you say to me? No, honestly, I couldn't find a translation. (Apparently it's in Teda, a language spoken in Chad.)

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at June 06, 2026 04:30 AM (6wpGE)

2 Guten morgen, horde.

Posted by: clarence at June 06, 2026 04:31 AM (FLIKO)

3 Good whatever time of day it is for you!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 06, 2026 04:32 AM (ZVgZ4)

4
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at June 06, 2026 04:32 AM (AMvSw)

5
SciVo, you here?

I finally found some video of the reflecting pool at a guy's youtube channel. It shows that thin strip widening as the pool is filled. It looks great. That idiot Newsom, who cannot finish any project larger than a boiled egg, had dissed it on Twitter.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at June 06, 2026 04:34 AM (n7rxJ)

6 >>>one performance core, four low-power cores, and one graphics core

and a partridge in a pear tree!

Posted by: m at June 06, 2026 04:38 AM (6wpGE)

7 It shows that thin strip widening as the pool is filled.
****

Protester dumping something into the water in 3..2..

Posted by: clarence at June 06, 2026 04:38 AM (FLIKO)

8 >>>a weekend off

whoo-hoo!

Posted by: m at June 06, 2026 04:41 AM (6wpGE)

9 G'Day everyone
No reason to get up, but we will see

Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 04:41 AM (Ia/+0)

10 At this point, I am waiting to see what the steam machines are. If not... I guess maybe try to upgrade the video card and spend an insane amount of money. The machine is getting on though.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 06, 2026 04:43 AM (bss/y)

11 Weekend off? I just knocked down the first of three 12 hour shifts.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 06, 2026 04:43 AM (bss/y)

12 >>>(muffled screaming)

Hoping you're o.k., Pixy.

Posted by: m at June 06, 2026 04:43 AM (6wpGE)

13 12 >>>(muffled screaming)

Hoping you're o.k., Pixy.
Posted by: m

I had to resort to Grok to find the specs of that CPU, and even then it couldn't find it until I told it to cross-reference with this specific single-board computer.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 06, 2026 04:46 AM (BLOW1)

14 I would rather be the company with compute capacity than the one renting it. Worst case scenario, if income craters, you can write down the asset value based on present rents and get relief from debts, and keep going as long as you can make more than your operating costs. But the capacity renter is at the whim of the end user, who may decide they prefer an actual organic cat over AI cat videos.

Posted by: SciVo at June 06, 2026 04:48 AM (Sy6m/)

15 >>>busy at work recently, pushing a new project towards release

The new project as it gears up to leave the work premises:

Please release me, can't you see
You'd be a fool to cling to me
To live our lives would bring us pain
So release me and let me love again

Posted by: m at June 06, 2026 04:48 AM (6wpGE)

16 "The machine is getting on though."

Getting into that same situation here. Between the memory crunch and the MS 10 vs. 11 squeeze, there are going to be some tough decisions made.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at June 06, 2026 04:49 AM (/HDaX)

17 15 >>>busy at work recently, pushing a new project towards release

The new project as it gears up to leave the work premises:

Please release me, can't you see
You'd be a fool to cling to me
To live our lives would bring us pain
So release me and let me love again
Posted by: m at June 06, 2026 04:48 AM (6wpGE)

maybe ixnay on that fourth line

Posted by: m at June 06, 2026 04:50 AM (6wpGE)

18 Getting into that same situation here. Between the memory crunch and the MS 10 vs. 11 squeeze, there are going to be some tough decisions made.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at June 06, 2026 04:49 AM (/HDaX)

Which is kind of why I am thinking of just getting a higher end steam machine (assuming there are steps.) Steam OS is linux based. Use this one for just surfing and what not.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 06, 2026 04:55 AM (bss/y)

19 I might go that route as well. And use the wife's win 11 laptop for handling the financial and other stuff.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at June 06, 2026 04:58 AM (/HDaX)

20 19 I might go that route as well. And use the wife's win 11 laptop for handling the financial and other stuff.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at June 06, 2026 04:58 AM (/HDaX)

Plus, I think I'd like to support steam instead of just buying games that I do not have time to play occasionally.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 06, 2026 04:59 AM (bss/y)

21
Stephen L. Miller
@redsteeze
5h
[excerpts]

Mostly the concern I see on the political right over AI is cultural[,] because there's nothing more that the political left and the Democratic Party wants [than] to get their claws into AI.

Because once an AI is programmed to tell people that boys can become girls it's the death of truth. Data centers being built isn't the problem, the data in those data centers is.

Posted by: m at June 06, 2026 04:59 AM (6wpGE)

22 Good morning morons

Is Tehran burning? Is London?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 05:00 AM (RIvkX)

23 Getting to upper 80s, but storms tonight

Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 05:01 AM (Ia/+0)

24 "Plus, I think I'd like to support steam instead of just buying games that I do not have time to play occasionally."

Good point.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at June 06, 2026 05:07 AM (/HDaX)

25 Speaking of annoying site behavior and ads, without an ad blocker, this site is a bit painful. Using Firefox, every time I close one of the frequent popup ads the scale is reset to default. My 61 year old eyes really need the scale adjustment to read comfortably, even on this 27" inch 1080 display.

Posted by: Epobirs at June 06, 2026 05:09 AM (/0z9K)

26 5
SciVo, you here?

I finally found some video of the reflecting pool at a guy's youtube channel. It shows that thin strip widening as the pool is filled. It looks great. That idiot Newsom, who cannot finish any project larger than a boiled egg, had dissed it on Twitter.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at June 06, 2026 04:34 AM (n7rxJ)

Oh, yeah. I don't think I can properly express my contempt for Newsom. When that old photoshoot of him in his fancy scarf (faux-carelessly draped) resurfaced, his response was that he missed it.

Okay, no. I have a scarf with memories. I have the scarf. It's in a box. It isn't hard to keep things.

And if he didn't care enough to keep it, he can buy one just like it, I'm sure. Even if they don't make that precise model anymore (and they probably do), thrift stores and personal shoppers are a thing. I'm sure he could get one just like it if he cared, and if he were not so terminally impotent at Getting. Things. Done.

I sincerely believe that the man is a malignant narcissist, basically a lazy sociopath, who does not care in normal human ways, and also lacks the drive and energy to even get things done for his vainglory.

Posted by: SciVo at June 06, 2026 05:11 AM (Sy6m/)

27 Apparently it's in Teda, a language spoken in Chad.

Chad's been hanging around dimpled since the 2000 presidential election...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 06, 2026 05:18 AM (l3cgK)

28 I might as well get up, lots to do today

Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 05:19 AM (Ia/+0)

29 I sincerely believe that the man is a malignant narcissist, basically a lazy sociopath, who does not care in normal human ways, and also lacks the drive and energy to even get things done for his vainglory.
====

I worked for him when he was mayor and this checks out.

He is a bot.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 05:19 AM (RIvkX)

30 Mornin' Horde.

@NR Pax: Reminder - There were some cruel memes I posted in yesterday's tech thread (comment # 89) that you needed to be away from work in order to view, and were looking forward to. Did you get to see those?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 06, 2026 05:22 AM (O7YUW)

31 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 06, 2026 05:23 AM (Hbeqj)

32 22 Good morning morons

Is Tehran burning? Is London?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 05:00 AM (RIvkX)

https://youtu.be/_3eC35LoF4U
https://youtu.be/_2I9QNU_u_k
https://youtu.be/kn-8n4QKUS4

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 06, 2026 05:23 AM (l3cgK)

33 Tech issue: last week my desktop brave browser is giving webpage unavailable errors for most sites. Some sites were intermittent and X gave useful message that it could be security browser settings. Chrome gave same problem. I thought it might be no Win 10 updates, but updating to win 11 hasn't resolved. Why some sites still accessible vs not kind of mystery. Amazon good, AoS not, nor most 'shopping' sites, and X now just the clear unreachable error.
No issues with Android devices or win 11 laptop.
Anybody ideas?

Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at June 06, 2026 05:23 AM (KaHlS)

34 Qualcomm hidden CPU specs: It's almost as if they're ashamed of their product. Doesn't exactly make me want to consider them for purchase.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 06, 2026 05:25 AM (O7YUW)

35 22 Good morning morons

Is Tehran burning? Is London?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 05:00 AM (RIvkX)

I think just Paris? Damn Stan-worshipping Muhammadans.

Posted by: SciVo at June 06, 2026 05:26 AM (Sy6m/)

36 33 Tech issue: last week my desktop brave browser is giving webpage unavailable errors for most sites. Some sites were intermittent and X gave useful message that it could be security browser settings. Chrome gave same problem. I thought it might be no Win 10 updates, but updating to win 11 hasn't resolved. Why some sites still accessible vs not kind of mystery. Amazon good, AoS not, nor most 'shopping' sites, and X now just the clear unreachable error.
No issues with Android devices or win 11 laptop.
Anybody ideas?
Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at June 06, 2026 05:23 AM (KaHlS)

My first thought would be to do a virus scan, make sure you don't have some kind of trojan using you for free bitcoin mining and interfering with everything.

Posted by: SciVo at June 06, 2026 05:30 AM (Sy6m/)

37 Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 06, 2026 05:23 AM (l3cgK)

Ha! Love those songs

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 05:37 AM (RIvkX)

38 #34

They want to promote the idea this is entirely their product rather than that they're one of many ARM licensees.

Posted by: Epobirs at June 06, 2026 05:44 AM (/0z9K)

39 @33/InspiredHistoryMike: Found a nice 2 minute, 20 second video that gets straight to the point as to what you can try:
https://youtu.be/lE8tNqp7Iuk

Basically this sets you up with proper network proxy detection settings, configures your network settings to use DHCP server assigned IP address AND DNS settings, flushes your DNS cached settings (IPCONFIG /FLUSHDNS)

And then there's a couple of new commands I'd never encountered before so I looked those up at Microsoft Learn to be sure they weren't problematic.

winsock reset

Read about that here:
https://tinyurl.com/mt44553c

netsh int ip reset

And read about that here:
https://tinyurl.com/mvef9f2v

Good luck.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 06, 2026 05:51 AM (O7YUW)

40 Argh. winsock reset above should be:

netsh winsock reset

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 06, 2026 05:52 AM (O7YUW)

41
David Sacks
@DavidSacks
16h
[excerpts]

While I’m no fan of socialism or arbitrary confiscations of wealth, I can see why Bernie Sanders’ proposal (for the government to take a 50% stake in AI companies) resonates, including with many on the right.

Nationalization of AI will accelerate the corporate-government fusion we’re already sliding toward. Conservatives rightly fear a Central Bank Digital Currency. They ought to be even more concerned about Central Government AI — a system with even more totalistic power over information, decision-making, and human behavior.

Conservatives are right to fear where this is all headed but ought to think more carefully about how regulations they are flirting with now (that are widely celebrated among those with a long history of lust for Big Government) will be used against them the next time a Democrat administration is in power.

Posted by: m at June 06, 2026 05:54 AM (6wpGE)

42 unreachable error.

No issues with Android devices or win 11 laptop.
Anybody ideas?
Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at June 06, 2026 05:23 AM (KaHlS)

Unreachable error across two browsers suggests something deeper than browser problems like DNS.

See here for starters.

https://tinyurl.com/5ex94fsj

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 06, 2026 05:55 AM (dK+Kv)

43 Grumpy & SciVo, Thanks for suggestions. I'll spend some time checking out later.

Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at June 06, 2026 05:56 AM (KaHlS)

44 &udm=14 report

If I put, say,

Bernie Sanders &udm=14

into a google search box, an AI Overview still pops up at the top of my search results, providing fascinating information such as this:

Bernie Sanders is a prominent American progressive politician who has served as the junior United States Senator from Vermont since 2007, previously acting as the Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee. He is a leading independent voice in Congress who caucuses with the Democratic Party, known for his democratic socialist policies and advocacy for income equality, universal healthcare, and labor rights.

halp

Posted by: m at June 06, 2026 05:58 AM (6wpGE)

45 Bernie Sanders is an enemy of the U.S. Constitution and should be held to account as soon as possible.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 06:01 AM (RIvkX)

46 Asmongold is top tier in the reaction space. Literally, his biggest fear economically is that his eyebrows might fly off and start their own competing channel. He is in a league of his own.

And I have to disagree with him here. As a Catholic, I am against the death penalty (except for in Old West type conditions where it's just practical). But other than that, I agree with everything else, that Two-Tier Keir is a hypocritical flim-flam man, and it's good that the youth are based:

The whole internet called his as* out..
https://youtu.be/BaC4FWZcowg

Posted by: SciVo at June 06, 2026 06:02 AM (Sy6m/)

47 45 Bernie Sanders is an enemy of the U.S. Constitution and should be held to account as soon as possible.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 06:01 AM (RIvkX)

I would like for *this* summary to pop up in the AI Overview and yet but alas.

Posted by: m at June 06, 2026 06:03 AM (6wpGE)

48 Posted by: m at June 06, 2026 05:54 AM (6wpGE)

Citation Needed

Exactly whom is David Sacks alleging to be both on the right, and in favor of gov't telling AI what it can say? Because I think he's either ignorant or lying about the very meaning of 'right'.

Posted by: SciVo at June 06, 2026 06:09 AM (Sy6m/)

49 @44/m: You don't put &udm=14 in the search box.

You run you initial search and then you hand-edit the url line.

Locate the first & (indicates the beginning of variables being passed to the server.)

Insert your own variable there: &udm=14

This instructs google to return search results of Type 14.

Here's all the UDM parameters and what they return:
https://tinyurl.com/k8wxfbdk

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 06, 2026 06:12 AM (O7YUW)

50 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Are YOU talkin' to ME?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 06, 2026 06:12 AM (amcLV)

51 halp
Posted by: m at June 06, 2026 05:58 AM (6wpGE)

Have you tried asking the AI how to make it stop? If not, why not?

I ask because I still sometimes go to bed wondering about something, even though that's no longer necessary. It's just a habit at this point.

Because even though search engines all became absolute trash and made my former excellent search-fu skills useless, now the AI summaries are even better than I ever was.

Posted by: SciVo at June 06, 2026 06:14 AM (Sy6m/)

52 48 Posted by: m at June 06, 2026 05:54 AM (6wpGE)

Citation Needed

Exactly whom is David Sacks alleging to be both on the right, and in favor of gov't telling AI what it can say? Because I think he's either ignorant or lying about the very meaning of 'right'.
Posted by: SciVo at June 06, 2026 06:09 AM (Sy6m/)

His post is much longer than what I've excerpted, and perhaps misrepresents his point. I put it into comments to provide a brief form of his post.

Posted by: m at June 06, 2026 06:17 AM (6wpGE)

53 Further to 49: After inserting &udm=14 into the URL line, hit Enter to force the search to re-run with the new variable/parameter in place.

You should get "Standard text web results (no AI)"

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 06, 2026 06:18 AM (O7YUW)

54 Also, we should be on watch for the same incentives that ruined search results to ruin AI summaries. By human nature, it's inevitable. So what are you going to do about it?

Posted by: SciVo at June 06, 2026 06:19 AM (Sy6m/)

55 49 @44/m: You don't put &udm=14 in the search box.

You run you initial search and then you hand-edit the url line.

Locate the first & (indicates the beginning of variables being passed to the server.)

Insert your own variable there: &udm=14

This instructs google to return search results of Type 14.

Here's all the UDM parameters and what they return:
https://tinyurl.com/k8wxfbdk
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 06, 2026 06:12 AM (O7YUW)

Thank you!

Posted by: m at June 06, 2026 06:19 AM (6wpGE)

56
Coffee that is hot is coffee that is good.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 06, 2026 06:20 AM (O0L8i)

57 Ooh! I put into the google search field:

bernie sanders enemy of the constitution

and AI Overview would like you to know this:

Whether Senator Bernie Sanders is considered an "enemy of the Constitution" depends entirely on your political viewpoint, as there is no objective or legal consensus to support the claim. The phrase is frequently used as a political rhetorical attack by his critics, while his supporters argue the exact opposite.

Posted by: m at June 06, 2026 06:21 AM (6wpGE)

58 57 Ooh! I put into the google search field:

bernie sanders enemy of the constitution

and AI Overview would like you to know this:

Whether Senator Bernie Sanders is considered an "enemy of the Constitution" depends entirely on your political viewpoint, as there is no objective or legal consensus to support the claim. The phrase is frequently used as a political rhetorical attack by his critics, while his supporters argue the exact opposite.

Posted by: m at June 06, 2026 06:21 AM (6wpGE)

And a wolf in sheep's clothing is a friend of the sheep...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 06, 2026 06:22 AM (l3cgK)

59 @m: Depending on what browser you use, there might be a "udm=14" plugin/addon for it that automatically inserts "&udm=14" into your URL line for any search at Google.

Might be something to look into.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 06, 2026 06:22 AM (O7YUW)

60 56
Coffee that is hot is coffee that is good.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 06, 2026 06:20 AM (O0L8i)

What of iced coffees?
I think all coffee tastes like bitter shyte...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 06, 2026 06:23 AM (l3cgK)

61 RNC Research
@RNCResearch
Democrat Rep. Ro Khanna says that Democrats “believe in respecting the equality and the dignity of women” as he campaigns with Graham Platner whose ex-girlfriends said he abused and would rape someone to show dominance.
5:34 PM · Jun 5, 2026
=====

This fvcking guy.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 06:24 AM (RIvkX)

62 Evening and morning, Saturday toilers and early risers! he first Saturn's Day of June, innit?

I'm up later than usual after a dream in which I was back at my old employer, taking a class from -- get this -- Barky Obama. I found him in the hall of our building and asked him if he would discuss a programming (?!) assignment in class, and he said, "Don't worry about it." I asked, too, about our paper due in a week's time: "I'm three-quarters finished." "Well, then, you'd better get busy, shouldn't you?" "What's the purpose of the assignment?" "I want you to draw conclusions." (?!?)

He accompanied me into the men's room, whch as usual in my dreams had no stalls. I finished, announced to the people in the room (men & women both) that "I feel like I'm giving birth in the public square!", scooped up little cat Dagny (who'd followed me in), and marched out, only to wake up.

Time for some more coffee.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 06:25 AM (wzUl9)

63 61 RNC Research
@RNCResearch
Democrat Rep. Ro Khanna says that Democrats “believe in respecting the equality and the dignity of women” as he campaigns with Graham Platner whose ex-girlfriends said he abused and would rape someone to show dominance.
5:34 PM · Jun 5, 2026
=====

This fvcking guy.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 06:24 AM (RIvkX)

sure, as long as those women have dicks...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 06, 2026 06:25 AM (l3cgK)

64 Perhaps more objectively "he is an opponent of the U.S. Constitution and therefore violates his oath of office."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 06:26 AM (RIvkX)

65 I'd asked yesterday about the Starlink service. Maybe I was checking Spectrum or somebody else last time I looked; I could have sworn they wanted more per month than I'm paying for Internet now. Their website says, and confirms via AI chat, that $55 for 100 Mbps or $85 for 200 is all you pay -- that rental of the hardware is included in that price, plus $20 one time for shipping up front.

Is that what you've found? Has it been as fast (or unobtrusive) as they say, and reliable?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 06:28 AM (wzUl9)

66 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 06:25 AM (wzUl9)
======

Never take the brown acid.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 06:29 AM (RIvkX)

67 I cannot drink cold coffee, including cold coffee drinks

Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 06:30 AM (Ia/+0)

68 What of iced coffees?
I think all coffee tastes like bitter shyte...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 06, 2026 06:23 AM (l3cgK)

I find iced coffee to be EXTREMELY bitter. Hot coffee I can drink but I draw the line at cold coffee.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 06, 2026 06:30 AM (pKv0r)

69 Trying out udm=14 Firefox Extension (by Baylor) now:

https://tinyurl.com/kwauyajx

Seems to be working well.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 06, 2026 06:32 AM (O7YUW)

70 On Starlink, getting screwed over by Verizon got me thinking about Starlink internet and the potential for Starlink Satellite Direct-to-Cell Calls.

Here's a primer.

https://tinyurl.com/3n94d7k8

That's my next tech project.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 06, 2026 06:32 AM (dK+Kv)

71 I'm up later than usual after a dream in which I was back at my old employer, taking a class from -- get this -- Barky Obama. I found him in the hall of our building and asked him if he would discuss a programming (?!) assignment in class, and he said, "Don't worry about it." I asked, too, about our paper due in a week's time: "I'm three-quarters finished." "Well, then, you'd better get busy, shouldn't you?" "What's the purpose of the assignment?" "I want you to draw conclusions." (?!?)

He accompanied me into the men's room, whch as usual in my dreams had no stalls. I finished, announced to the people in the room (men & women both) that "I feel like I'm giving birth in the public square!", scooped up little cat Dagny (who'd followed me in), and marched out, only to wake up.

Time for some more coffee.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 06:25 AM (wzUl9)
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The worst part of that story is when you've had your coffee and realize IT WASN'T A DREAM!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 06, 2026 06:32 AM (gnNyN)

72 Musical interlude: in the genre of music videos that kind of vaguely annoy me in some way:

Collective Soul - Shine (Official HD Music Video)
https://youtu.be/_m0bI82Rz_k

I know, I know, that's not a great recommend. But it's a great song. Just put it on listen and don't watch the self-satisfied weirdos.

Posted by: SciVo at June 06, 2026 06:32 AM (Sy6m/)

73 Bernie Sanders is considered an enemy of the Constitution.

A lot of that going around. Don't these people take an oath to defend the Constitution?

Posted by: Case at June 06, 2026 06:33 AM (4Pn+V)

74 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 06:25 AM (wzUl9)
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Never take the brown acid.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026

***
I think I got some green.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 06:35 AM (wzUl9)

75 82 years ago today at 06:30, first troops landed at Omaha Beach. Special forces scouts parachuted in the night before.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 06, 2026 06:35 AM (HU0Jf)

76
A lot of that going around. Don't these people take an oath to defend the Constitution?
Posted by: Case at June 06, 2026 06:33 AM (4Pn+V)

Bernie swore to defend the Soviet Constitution.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 06, 2026 06:36 AM (O0L8i)

77 Iced Vietnamese drip coffee is da bomb.

Mixed with condensed milk its like a sugar/caffeine infusion.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 06:36 AM (RIvkX)

78 I find iced coffee to be EXTREMELY bitter. Hot coffee I can drink but I draw the line at cold coffee.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 06, 2026

***
Since I retired, I keep a cup of coffee in the refrigerator, refreshed periodically. When I get up in the morning especially, or from a nap, I drink first some water, then a few swallows of the cold coffee, which is usually unsweetened (not the way I drink the hot stuff). It gives me some fluids and wakes me a bit. Then, in the morning, the hot stuff I sweeten and maybe add a little milk to the first cup. After the cold swallows, it seems damned nice.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 06:38 AM (wzUl9)

79 I hate laughing gulls.

Posted by: Accomack at June 06, 2026 06:38 AM (GbONR)

80 And NY Democrats changed biological laws to make mothers into Gestating Parent.

They want it both ways, fighting for women ( as if their is a war against them to start with) and catering to their Cultural Marxism fighting for mental illness Trannies.

Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 06:39 AM (Ia/+0)

81 Someone must have slipped coffee into Penny's Fancy Feast this morning.

She just got the zoomies all of a sudden.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 06, 2026 06:39 AM (gnNyN)

82 He [Obama] accompanied me into the men's room, whch as usual in my dreams had no stalls. I finished, announced to the people in the room (men & women both) that "I feel like I'm giving birth in the public square!", scooped up little cat Dagny (who'd followed me in), and marched out, only to wake up.

Time for some more coffee.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 06:25 AM (wzUl9)

Narrator: Dagny, who had actually pooped in public, had no such feelings.

Posted by: SciVo at June 06, 2026 06:39 AM (Sy6m/)

83 I tried to explain the the wife the difference between a pot of coffee and a few shots of espresso.
She didn’t get it.

Posted by: Accomack at June 06, 2026 06:39 AM (GbONR)

84
Stephen L. Miller retweeted
Karli Bonne’ 🇺🇸
@KarluskaP
21h
Sen. John Fetterman when asked about Graham Platner, he said who P hustle? The reporter with a puzzled and perturbed look on her face replied: is that what you call him Fetterman replied: no that’s what he calls himself. 🤣

Two minutes of Fetterman reporting stuff Graham Platner has said!

Posted by: m at June 06, 2026 06:41 AM (6wpGE)

85 With Starlink, I have to confirm that it will be available at my apartment. No reason it shouldn't, I guess, except that I could not edit my address, which I could select from their database, to add the apartment number.

Also I need to be sure I can simply take the router and hardware with me to a new address (in Indiana, I hope)-- of course, informing them so that I can be billed at the new place.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 06:42 AM (wzUl9)

86 81 Someone must have slipped coffee into Penny's Fancy Feast this morning.

She just got the zoomies all of a sudden.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 06, 2026 06:39 AM (gnNyN)

Good kitty!

Posted by: m at June 06, 2026 06:42 AM (6wpGE)

87 I got a starlink mobile internet thing that ill set up tomorrow . $55/ month and its very compact and made so you can take it in the road. Hopefully A good option for my brother's house instead of qualcomm or whatever it was for $200 month for lousy service.
Friends who have the permanent Starlink variety love it. On the flight home last week our plane had starlink. I facetimed my son while flying over the north Atlantic and the quality was incredible!

Posted by: LASue at June 06, 2026 06:43 AM (lCppi)

88 Is that what you've found? Has it been as fast (or unobtrusive) as they say, and reliable?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 06:28 AM (wzUl9)

A guy I know swears by it based on costs and reliability. He is very rural, and it is something akin to magic the way that Starlink can deliver such affordable internet value.

And possibly, soon, I'd like to see it eat Verizon's lunch in the cellular landscape.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 06, 2026 06:44 AM (dK+Kv)

89 Daily Mail claims Susie Wiles is going to take off after the midterms. What a great job that woman has done. I sure don't blame her, if the report is true, because the job is 7 by 24 by 365, but the country is going to miss her.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 06, 2026 06:45 AM (twIk0)

90 75 82 years ago today at 06:30, first troops landed at Omaha Beach. Special forces scouts parachuted in the night before.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 06, 2026 06:35 AM (HU0Jf)

It is truly awe inspiring

Posted by: LASue at June 06, 2026 06:46 AM (lCppi)

91 Should go make French Toast, haven't had it in awhile

Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 06:47 AM (Ia/+0)

92 83 I tried to explain the the wife the difference between a pot of coffee and a few shots of espresso.
She didn’t get it.
Posted by: Accomack at June 06, 2026 06:39 AM (GbONR)

Sounds like she's a beer, cider, or wine gal (not that there's anything wrong with that). Since a whisky gal would *get* it, that it isn't the same.

Posted by: SciVo at June 06, 2026 06:47 AM (Sy6m/)

93 Posted by: LASue at June 06, 2026 06:43 AM (lCppi)
===========================
A friend of ours sold her house, tricked out a van and is visiting the lower 48. She just added mobile starlink to her van and loves it.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 06, 2026 06:47 AM (twIk0)

94 82 years ago today at 06:30, first troops landed at Omaha Beach. Special forces scouts parachuted in the night before.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

For those who haven't seen it, let me recommend the movie "Pressure". It's about the run up to the D Day invasion. Excellent cast. Who knew the subject of weather could be so suspenseful.

Posted by: Tuna at June 06, 2026 06:48 AM (lJ0H4)

95 Today I need to check the chance of rain and decide thereupon if I can wash the car without it getting rained on by afternoon. Maybe I'll go out to breakfast. Coffee shop or favorite grill?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 06:49 AM (wzUl9)

96 Then besides yard work, should figure out how to take truck box off, ( have done it before by myself) take everything, mean everything out of truck in odd chance its gone for good.

Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 06:49 AM (Ia/+0)

97 Daily Mail claims Susie Wiles is going to take off after the midterms. What a great job that woman has done. I sure don't blame her, if the report is true, because the job is 7 by 24 by 365, but the country is going to miss her.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 06, 2026 06:45 AM (twIk0)
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The fact she has not become a public figure speaks volumes about her.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 06:50 AM (RIvkX)

98 53 Further to 49: After inserting &udm=14 into the URL line, hit Enter to force the search to re-run with the new variable/parameter in place.

You should get "Standard text web results (no AI)"
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 06, 2026 06:18 AM (O7YUW)

O.k.! I was looking for a quick fix--like how I had previously put -ai into the search box. Drat.

Posted by: m at June 06, 2026 06:50 AM (6wpGE)

99 No car wash, I guess; 70% chance of rain overall, with it hitting 80% in the ten am hour and 100% by eleven.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 06:51 AM (wzUl9)

100 89 Daily Mail claims Susie Wiles is going to take off after the midterms. What a great job that woman has done. I sure don't blame her, if the report is true, because the job is 7 by 24 by 365, but the country is going to miss her.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 06, 2026 06:45 AM (twIk0)

It's a thankless job for sure. And it takes a special kind of person, which I believe must have been baptised in 3 a.m. baby emergencies, to have the nerves for it.

Posted by: SciVo at June 06, 2026 06:52 AM (Sy6m/)

101 100

Posted by: m at June 06, 2026 06:52 AM (6wpGE)

102 mornin yall. The NY Post says:

"White House chief of staff Susie Wiles forcefully rejected a Friday night report alleging she plans to step down after the November midterms, slamming the story as a “piece of fiction.”

Wiles, 69, issued the rare public rebuke in a fiery statement posted to X shortly after the Daily Mail published an article alleging she was gearing up to leave, in part due to supposed turmoil with President Trump over his recent cabinet appointments."

Posted by: fd at June 06, 2026 06:52 AM (vFG9F)

103 Coffee shop or favorite grill?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 06:49 AM (wzUl9)
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2 eggs
2 bacon
2 sausage
2 pancakes

Please.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026 06:53 AM (RIvkX)

104 As of January 2026, Neuralink has implanted brain-computer interfaces in 21 human patients. Brad was the third. When I asked Brad what it was like to hear himself speak again, he didn’t miss a beat. “The truth is,” Brad told me, “nobody really likes to hear their own voice.” Brad is happiest when he’s telling jokes. ALS robbed him of his ability to do that, but AI has restored it.
=====================
From today's Free Press article on how Neuralink might improve the lives of ALS patients. Pretty cool tech.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 06, 2026 06:54 AM (pannP)

105 Wiles had been diagnosed with early stage breast cancer not too long ago.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 06, 2026 06:55 AM (5P5DO)

106 For those who haven't seen it, let me recommend the movie "Pressure". It's about the run up to the D Day invasion. Excellent cast. Who knew the subject of weather could be so suspenseful.
Posted by: Tuna at June 06, 2026

Sounds good! That at The Longest Day will be on the schedule tonight.

Posted by: LASue at June 06, 2026 06:57 AM (lCppi)

107 “To be crystal clear, I am not going anywhere,” Wiles wrote. “I am honored and proud to serve President Trump, proud of our team and remain fully committed to advancing his agenda on behalf of the American people."

Now this may turn out not to be the case, but remember that the liberal press just makes stuff up all the time and rarely recants.

Posted by: fd at June 06, 2026 06:57 AM (vFG9F)

108 And the house hunt will continue. Almost certainly the sellers of the one I want to buy will not be willing to make the big-money repairs it needs. If they were, by some miracle, it would take quite a while. So either way I may be stuck here for another summer and hurricane season.

I'll get the car's spark plugs done, and continue winnowing my books and papers. The Bekins Van Lines guy I've gotten a good estimate from says he thinks he can get the weight down for me, too.

I might try to sell my set of the Britannica -- which I'm sure will go better if I include the nice bookcase they are in. Facebook Marketplace might be a good place to try. I'll specify: local pickup only.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 06:58 AM (wzUl9)

109 Nope. None of those things. She is an herbal tea type. She simply doesn’t like coffee but occasionally likes a whack of caffeine.

Posted by: Accomack at June 06, 2026 06:58 AM (T8bqm)

110 @98/m: "O.k.! I was looking for a quick fix--like how I had previously put -ai into the search box. Drat."

See my #59 and #69. I just added a &udm=14 plug-in/add-on to Firefox and it's working automatically and wonderfully.

No more AI crap in google search results, and I don't have to manually edit the URL line.

Winning.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 06, 2026 06:59 AM (O7YUW)

111 2 eggs
2 bacon
2 sausage
2 pancakes

Please.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2026

***
Pancakes! It's been a while since I've had some. Another grill a little farther from my house has them available. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 07:00 AM (wzUl9)

112 Thanks fd, for the NY Post article on Wiles. I did not know she has breast cancer.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 06, 2026 07:00 AM (hF7Dm)

113 “ Has not my hand made all these things,
and so they came into being?”
declares the Lord.
“These are the ones I look on with favor:
those who are humble and contrite in spirit,
and who tremble at my word.”

Isaiah 66:2

Posted by: Marcus T at June 06, 2026 07:00 AM (9MWCZ)

114 "Wiles had been diagnosed with early stage breast cancer not too long ago.
Posted by: Ben Had"

“Nearly one in eight women in the United States will face this diagnosis,” she wrote in a statement confirming the diagnosis.

“Every day, these women continue to raise their families, go to work, and serve their communities with strength and determination. I now join their ranks,” she went on.

“I am grateful to have an outstanding team of doctors who detected the cancer early and are guiding my care, and I am encouraged by a strong prognosis.”

I don't think she is going to quit because of that.

Posted by: fd at June 06, 2026 07:01 AM (vFG9F)

115 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at June 06, 2026 07:01 AM (djegq)

116 I want to see people start answering presstitute questions or requests for an interview with a rhetorical question:

"Why would I talk to you liars and let you twist my words?"

Then hang up on them or walk away. Whatever they say to justify why you'd want to be questioned is just manipulative bullshit so they can twist your words and make you look bad.

You don't hate the media enough. Really.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 06, 2026 07:01 AM (O7YUW)

117 Wolfus, you can always ask the seller to take the price of the repairs off the selling price.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 06, 2026 07:01 AM (5P5DO)

118 Now this may turn out not to be the case, but remember that the liberal press just makes stuff up all the time and rarely recants.
Posted by: fd at June 06, 2026 06:57 AM (vFG9F)
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A necessary caution.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 06, 2026 07:02 AM (hF7Dm)

119 Tom Selleck nails Ike in "A Countdown to D-day", the greatest movie of all time

Posted by: Ernest T. Bass at June 06, 2026 07:02 AM (jrgJz)

120 I guess Pressure is only in theatres right now It sounds good enough to get me out of the house to see it.

Posted by: LASue at June 06, 2026 07:02 AM (lCppi)

121 I want to see people start answering presstitute questions or requests for an interview with a rhetorical question:

"Why would I talk to you liars and let you twist my words?"

Then hang up on them or walk away. Whatever they say to justify why you'd want to be questioned is just manipulative bullshit so they can twist your words and make you look bad.

You don't hate the media enough. Really.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 06, 2026

***
If I'd been the one to rescue the abandoned kittens atop the Miss. River bridge, and they interviewed me, they wouldn't air it for the remarks I'd make about the "subhumans" who live here and would do such a thing.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 07:04 AM (wzUl9)

122 Speaking of kittens, it's time to feed mine.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 07:04 AM (wzUl9)

123 I thought Tom did a great job portrayal of Eisenhower

Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 07:05 AM (Ia/+0)

124 You don't hate the media enough. Really.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 06, 2026 07:01 AM (O7YUW)

Agreed.
Aces story yesterday about the NYT's treatment of the PHustle's victim/girlfriend was appalling.

Posted by: LASue at June 06, 2026 07:05 AM (lCppi)

125 You don't hate the media enough. Really.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 06, 2026

I do. I'm just patient.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 06, 2026 07:05 AM (dK+Kv)

126 "Families in a New Jersey school district were left outraged after a cafeteria menu distributed for June displayed a watermelon graphic on Juneteenth — prompting school officials to condemn the image as racially offensive and demand immediate action from the district’s food-service contractor.

Superintendent Ruth Turner said those who saw the menu were “hurt, disappointed, and offended” by the graphic’s appearance alongside the June 19 holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States."

Lord help them if they ever serve cotton candy.

Posted by: fd at June 06, 2026 07:07 AM (vFG9F)

127 Lord help them if they ever serve cotton candy.
Posted by: fd at June 06, 2026

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Why would people be offended by . . .

Oh. "Cotton." Jeez Louise.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 07:09 AM (wzUl9)

128 It's infuriating. That picture of a watermelon makes me want to stab a bitch.

Posted by: Carmello Anthony at June 06, 2026 07:09 AM (vFG9F)

129 If you enjoy Mozart, here's a fantastic Piano Concerto 21 performance from Yeol Eum Son at the Tchaikovsky competition in 2011

https://tinyurl.com/mpnushe9

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 06, 2026 07:10 AM (YJPnY)

130 I guess Pressure is only in theatres right now It sounds good enough to get me out of the house to see it.
Posted by: LASue

It really is. Brendan Fraser as Ike and Damian Lewis as Montgomery are very good. The real star of the movie is an English actor, Andrew Scott, as the meteorologist James Stagg. He is excellent.

Posted by: Tuna at June 06, 2026 07:10 AM (lJ0H4)

131 Maybe I'll nip out to the pipe/cigar shop, buy some cigarillos, and have one while I watch the rain.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 07:10 AM (wzUl9)

132 Point:

Collective Soul - The World I Know
https://youtu.be/n7TLTjqUyog

Counter-Point:

Dude. You could just, like, move to Indiana. Or something.

Posted by: SciVo at June 06, 2026 07:10 AM (Sy6m/)

133 Maybe I'll nip out to the pipe/cigar shop, buy some cigarillos, and have one while I watch the rain.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 07:10 AM (wzUl9)
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sitting on a dry porch, if you have one, watching the rain sounds great.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 06, 2026 07:13 AM (YJPnY)

134 Will put "Pressure" on the wait for the DVD list.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 06, 2026 07:14 AM (5P5DO)

135 My Dad turned 18 on D-Day...a few months later he was inducted...Today would have been his 100th birthday.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 06, 2026 07:14 AM (l3cgK)

136 119 Tom Selleck nails Ike in "A Countdown to D-day", the greatest movie of all time
Posted by: Ernest T. Bass

Eeew!

Posted by: Auspex at June 06, 2026 07:15 AM (Y8DZL)

137 Wolfus, you can always ask the seller to take the price of the repairs off the selling price.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 06, 2026

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Sure. And even my real estate agent ballparks that figure at $30K, much as people did here. But the house, while not an "as is" (I'd never have considered it in that case), is an estate sale; and I believe the sellers are out of state or town. They might go for it and they might not. We can see.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 07:15 AM (wzUl9)

138
The riding mower is still in the shop (carburetor being replaced), so I'll have to use the push mower (self-propelled, thank God) to work on the yard today.

I don't know where or how much I'll be doing but if I don't try to do something I'll never get through it when the riding mower actually does come back.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 06, 2026 07:16 AM (O0L8i)

139
I saw no savannah there -- just desert

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 06, 2026 07:17 AM (s9VOe)

140 sitting on a dry porch, if you have one, watching the rain sounds great.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 06, 2026

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One of the many things I dream about doing when I have my house. The pipe shop, though, is indoors and well air-conditioned. The do have a covered outside area -- but the humidity is awful here even without the rain, and worse with it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 07:17 AM (wzUl9)

141 Wolfus. those circumstances may work in your favor.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 06, 2026 07:17 AM (5P5DO)

142 I guess fried chicken, black eyed peas, and collard greens are right out.

Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 07:18 AM (EFkNq)

143 Utah's RINO governor Cox just signed a restrictive new EO on data centers requiring state agencies to clear a much higher regulatory bar before granting construction approvals.

A sleeper political issue is waking up, it seems.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 06, 2026 07:18 AM (OOFuB)

144 Wolfus. those circumstances may work in your favor.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 06, 2026

***
True. I'll have to have the work done remotely, of course; though I could drive up at some point (two long days) to see how it's going.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 07:19 AM (wzUl9)

145 I like Collective Soul

Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 07:19 AM (Ia/+0)

146 Being an estate sale, subtract $50K+ for the added hassle. Not just for the estate hassle, but for the time and effort of finding and managing contractors and for the inevitable additional costs of problems that they might find once into the projects, especially any required electrical updates or additional unseen termite damage.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 06, 2026 07:19 AM (dK+Kv)

147 The riding mower is still in the shop (carburetor being replaced), so I'll have to use the push mower (self-propelled, thank God) to work on the yard today.

I don't know where or how much I'll be doing but if I don't try to do something I'll never get through it when the riding mower actually does come back.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 06, 2026

***
Mowers still use carburetors? I guess fuel injection is not practical or affordable for use in small engines like that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 07:20 AM (wzUl9)

148
Tom Selleck nails Ike in "A Countdown to D-day", the greatest movie of all time

Juan McCain, on the other hand, overshot his mark in "Countdown to A Perpetual Funeral"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 06, 2026 07:20 AM (s9VOe)

149 Being an estate sale, subtract $50K+ for the added hassle. Not just for the estate hassle, but for the time and effort of finding and managing contractors and for the inevitable additional costs of problems that they might find once into the projects, especially any required electrical updates or additional unseen termite damage.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 06, 2026

***
Gee, to buy a house for $85K . . .

When I first started looking at properties on the 'Net in 2019, there were nice-looking modest houses for sale in Wisconsin for that amount.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 07:22 AM (wzUl9)

150 Brought up before my FiL was a D-Day Vet, sadly didn't ask questions before he passed away

Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 07:22 AM (Ia/+0)

151 Brought up before my FiL was a D-Day Vet, sadly didn't ask questions before he passed away
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026

***
My mother was a young woman, a civilian nurse, during the war years. She told me some stories, but I wish I'd asked more about everyday life then.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 07:24 AM (wzUl9)

152 136 119 Tom Selleck nails Ike in "A Countdown to D-day", the greatest movie of all time
Posted by: Ernest T. Bass

Eeew!

Posted by: Auspex at June 06, 2026 07:15 AM (Y8DZL)

Not sure how Kay Summersby would have felt about that...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 06, 2026 07:24 AM (l3cgK)

153
I guess fried chicken, black eyed peas, and collard greens are right out.
Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 07:18 AM (EFkNq)

If I was served that, I'd be the happiest man alive. My theory is that people appreciate each other better through food.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 06, 2026 07:24 AM (O0L8i)

154 "James Carville endorses ‘f–ked up’ Graham Platner, compares him to US allying with Stalin to win WWII"

Anything to get Trump. ANYTHING.

Posted by: fd at June 06, 2026 07:24 AM (vFG9F)

155
...while I watch the rain.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

CCR's "Who'll Watch the Rain?" never caught on with audiences.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 06, 2026 07:24 AM (s9VOe)

156 Gee, to buy a house for $85K . . .

No sense in buying someone else's money pit, without covering yourself for potentialities.

If they balk, move on.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 06, 2026 07:24 AM (dK+Kv)

157 142 I guess fried chicken, black eyed peas, and collard greens are right out.

Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 07:18 AM (EFkNq)

Are those cultural appropriation? Nobody told me they were...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 06, 2026 07:25 AM (l3cgK)

158 Anything to get Trump. ANYTHING.

Posted by: fd at June 06, 2026 07:24 AM (vFG9F)

Gotta fight "fascism" with fascism.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 06, 2026 07:25 AM (dK+Kv)

159 Morning peeps. Mowed the property yesterday. Looks like another spate of rainy weather here in Bourbon Country for most, if not all of next week. Farmers will love it.

Speaking of farmers; I saw round haybales in a field nearby that were wrapped in a "stars and stripes" motif. Should have taken a photo, but no good pull off area.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 06, 2026 07:25 AM (jehhT)

160
"James Carville endorses ‘f–ked up’ Graham Platner, compares him to US allying with Stalin to win WWII"

James Carville is a jibbering, incomprehensible idiot.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 06, 2026 07:26 AM (s9VOe)

161 Are those cultural appropriation? Nobody told me they were...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 06, 2026 07:25 AM (l3cgK)

I'd like to culturally appropriate me some of that, with some cornbread, thank you very much.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 06, 2026 07:26 AM (dK+Kv)

162 "Are those cultural appropriation? Nobody told me they were...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) "

Now do Skittles and cough syrup.

Posted by: fd at June 06, 2026 07:26 AM (vFG9F)

163 I heard some of his stories from other people more than him.
See BoB is being run on Sundance channel. Didn't use to get it but now do, unlike TCM which use to but now not

Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 07:28 AM (Ia/+0)

164
...unlike TCM which use to but now not
Posted by: Skip

Did Tedward claw it into his grave after himself?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 06, 2026 07:30 AM (s9VOe)

165 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, Greetings from Amish Country at June 06, 2026 07:31 AM (bfy6w)

166 A defunded channel on YouTube looked into Band of Brothers and found lots things made up and downright wrong.

Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 07:32 AM (Ia/+0)

167 ...unlike TCM which use to but now not
Posted by: Skip

Did Tedward claw it into his grave after himself?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison!

A lot of cable companies treat TCM almost like a premium channel. I have Comcast and I know they do because I pay extra for it.

Posted by: Tuna at June 06, 2026 07:33 AM (lJ0H4)

168 I heard some of his stories from other people more than him.
See BoB is being run on Sundance channel. Didn't use to get it but now do, unlike TCM which use to but now not
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026

***
I'm still getting used to streaming. I keep thinking (a) they'll charge me somehow, and (b) that I can't pause the film -- though I can. We watched Hunt for Red October for free last night, and it was perfectly possible to pause it and even rewind as with a DVD or a YooToob video.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2026 07:33 AM (wzUl9)

169
Superintendent Ruth Turner said those who saw the menu were “hurt, disappointed, and offended” by the graphic’s appearance alongside the June 19 holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States."

They undoubtably would have been just fine with an image of a plantation mansion with an encircled "D" on it.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 06, 2026 07:34 AM (s9VOe)

170 I have all HiDef now but it changed lots of channels. Gladly have Tubi now. They Were Expendable from John Ford is on, watched it lsst night

Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 07:34 AM (Ia/+0)

171 I have two new gadgets. I bought an XTE-ink4 reader. This is a bookreader with buttons, no touch screen. I can't really test it yet as I need a replacement micro SD card. It is about the size of a credit card but a little bit thicker. They do make an even smaller one. Lots of videos about these on You Tube. I can read stuff on my phone but I don't always want my phone with me. Second gadget is a 3D printed electric spinning wheel. Designed by a guy named Maurice, who calls his company Dreaming Robots. He has been doing Kickstarters for these. I have the smallest, the Nano, which is quiet, portable, and can be run off a battery pack. I've never wanted an electric spinner, but these are cheap and well built. I will likely get the new version, when it comes out next month, to have one with bigger bobbins. It is amazing what they can do with 3D printing.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 06, 2026 07:37 AM (7T8ei)

172 I found even on regular movie channels I can go back if missed some part or restart the movie.

Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 07:38 AM (Ia/+0)

173 SpaceX hopes to start trading next Thursday. My investment club decided to try buying some shares at the IPO, which I think is nutso. The company is hoping to get a valuation of 60 times projected 2027 revenues. Revenues! You can forget a value based on earnings or cash flow.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 06, 2026 07:38 AM (iMJX8)

174 All this movie watching has seriously cut into reading this month

Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 07:39 AM (Ia/+0)

175 174 All this movie watching has seriously cut into reading this month

Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 07:39 AM (Ia/+0)

Well, reading cuts into movie watching time too...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 06, 2026 07:41 AM (l3cgK)

176 SpaceX hopes to start trading next Thursday. My investment club decided to try buying some shares at the IPO, which I think is nutso. The company is hoping to get a valuation of 60 times projected 2027 revenues. Revenues! You can forget a value based on earnings or cash flow.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 06, 2026 07:38 AM (iMJX

That is nutso. I'll have to watch that to buy on the post-IPO drop.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 06, 2026 07:41 AM (dK+Kv)

177 Powerline week in pictures is up

Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2026 07:43 AM (Ia/+0)

178 Good luck with your house hunt Wolfus! I'm following your adventure with interest. I am halfway considering doing the same thing, just not sure where I want to go yet! I did buy a home in AZ but due to the 1031 exchange I can't live in it for 5 years....

Speaking of, I am taking my 5 yr old granddaughter on her first airplane flight today down to Az for a few days, meeting daughter 1 and her 3 kids. Should be fun. 5 yr old was out last night with her suitcase and was "practicing pulling it" up and down my driveway. Cute stuff

Posted by: Molly k. at June 06, 2026 07:44 AM (j/yko)

179 SpaceX Is About to IPO. History Says a 55% Stock Drop Could Be Coming Next.

https://tinyurl.com/yu4d83fs

A Truist study of 30 major IPOs found the average maximum first-year drawdown hit 55%, with even ARM falling 41% peak-to-trough in just three months.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 06, 2026 07:44 AM (dK+Kv)

180 Montclair public schools used to be focused on education. After all, it's a very well off commuting town. New Jersey's new commie governor, Mikie Sherrill is from there.

But now they hired this woman everyone is quoting today, Ruth Turner, to run it and her main claim to the job is "over 20 years of experience in urban education and equity-focused leadership".

I predict disaster ahead for the students.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 06, 2026 07:45 AM (mbNQQ)

181 62:scooped up little cat Dagny (who'd followed me in), and marched out, only to wake up.

Dagny to the rescue!!

Posted by: Puddleglum, Greetings from Amish Country at June 06, 2026 07:46 AM (bfy6w)

182 "James Carville endorses ‘f–ked up’ Graham Platner, compares him to US allying with Stalin to win WWII"

James, I think it was Italy who allied themselves with the Nazis. At least for a while.

Posted by: t-bird at June 06, 2026 07:47 AM (BvTxf)

183 A Truist study of 30 major IPOs found the average maximum first-year drawdown hit 55%, with even ARM falling 41% peak-to-trough in just three months.

What next ? You gonna' tell me that investors are irrational ?

I think most people - even most pros - overthink it. Same for sports betting. In both cases, you're buying or betting against the perceptions of irrational people.

Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 07:48 AM (EFkNq)

184 Coffee thread up. No pants required.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 06, 2026 07:48 AM (mbNQQ)

185 In both cases, you're buying or betting against the perceptions of irrational people.

Posted by: Howdy at June 06, 2026 07:48 AM (EFkNq)

That is the net of it, yes.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 06, 2026 07:50 AM (dK+Kv)

186
One of the things I miss about usually being the driver of tge vehicle on longer journeys is gazing out the window as we rolled along, as Dustin Hoffman did here:

The Belle Stars - Iko Iko
https://youtu.be/yeCvd1xGvKE

It was especially cool to view all the reflection planes present in regularly ordered crops in orchards or vineyards.-- they brought to mind how X-ray diffraction functioned (once a chemist...).

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 06, 2026 07:52 AM (s9VOe)

187 In both cases, you're buying or betting against the perceptions of irrational people.

Posted by: Howdy

Also, you're betting against the rational thieves who are manufacturing and amplifying those perceptions.

Posted by: t-bird at June 06, 2026 07:54 AM (BvTxf)

188 Holy cow. I managed to stumble across a music video so infuriatingly bad, I won't even link it. The 1989 song was thoroughly mid, and for the vid, they tried to artsy it up and just made a travesty. What is wrong with people.

Well, I think they were either gay or pretending. And pretending to be gay is authentically queer. Band was Faith No More, song was Falling To Pieces. Blargh.

Posted by: SciVo at June 06, 2026 08:08 AM (Sy6m/)

189 @188/SciVo: "... Band was Faith No More, song was Falling To Pieces. Blargh."

Sampled a few seconds at 3 or 4 segments of the video. It was crap.

Your warning was solid, thank you.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 06, 2026 09:50 AM (O7YUW)

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